Summary

A RECOVERING COMA PATIENT CREDITS HIS RECOVERY TO A HOCKEY TEAM.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 229840
Story Slug Comatose - Fan
Location Denver, Colorado
Format PKG
Date 05/18/2002
Archive Time 4:15
TRT 1:47
Supers Denver, Colorado Josh Rumsey, Coma Patient Aileen Rumsey, Josh's Mom Dr. Alan Weintraub, Craig Hospital Casey Curry, Reporting MANDATORY COURTESY: NHL Productions
Video Description HOCKEY GAME, JOSH WORKING WITH THERAPIST, CUTAWAYS TO GAME, JOSH SOT, HOCKEY GAME, AILEEN SOT, MORE WORKING WITH THERAPIST, MORE CUTAWAYS, AILEEN SOT, HOCKEY STICK, JOSH SOT, MORE THERAPY, WEINTRAUB SOT, MORE CUTAWAYS.
Description A RECOVERING COMA PATIENT CREDITS HIS RECOVERY TO A HOCKEY TEAM.
Script (LEAD) THE AVALANCHE'S HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE GAME LEFT IN THEIR SEASON. AND ONE LOCAL FAMILY HOPES THEY KEEP ON WINNING... NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE FANS, BUT BECAUSE THEY CREDIT THE AV'S FOR A MIRACLE. REPORTER CASEY CURRY HAS THEIR STORY. (TAKE PKG) FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JOSH RUMSEY WAS HIT BY A CAR BACK IN FEBRUARY. HIS INJURIES WERE SO SEVERE, HE STAYED IN COMA FOR THREE WEEKS. HIS MOM CREDITS HIS RECOVERY TO THE AVALANCHE. THE AV'S PROVE TIME AND TIME AGAIN...THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF FIGHT LEFT. AND SO DOES THEIR BIGGEST FAN. LIKE MANY TEENAGE BOYS, JOSH LOVES SPORTS... ESPECIALLY THE AV'S. (SOT - JOSH "Because I love the Avalanche so much.") HIS FAMILY SPENT MANY NIGHTS WATCHING THE AV'S GAMES IN JOSH'S HOSPITAL ROOM...NOT REALLY KNOWING IF JOSH WAS EVEN AWARE OF THE GAME. NOW HIS MOM KNOWS, JOSH NOT ONLY HEARD THE GAME, BUT WAS ANNOYED BY HER COMMENTARY. (SOT - AILEEN "The power play, I could never remember what a power play was, although now I know because as soon as he woke up and he started to speak, he said a power play is, it was just bugging him to death.") SHE KNOWS THE DOCTORS, MEDICINE AND REHAB ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO JOSH GETTING BETTER. SHE CREDITS THE AVALANCHE WITH "JUMP-STARTING" HIS RECOVERY. (SOT - AILEEN "It made him want to be a part of it all over again, it made him want to go ok, enough of this coma stuff, I'm talking, I'm going to start rooting again.") THE AV'S HEARD ABOUT JOSH'S RECOVERY, AND SENT HIM GIFTS...LIKE THIS HOCKEY STICK SIGNED BY HIS FAVORITE PLAYER... (SOT - JOSH "Joe Sakic because he's the center and he scores the most goals every game.") JOSH'S BRAIN INJURY IS THE MOST SEVERE KIND YOU CAN HAVE AND STILL SURVIVE...AFFECTING HIS PHYSICAL & MENTAL ABILITIES. HIS DOCTOR ISN'T SURPRISED HIS FAVORITE HOCKEY TEAM IS HELPING HIM. (SOT - WEINTRAUB "Any type of potent stimuli like something that's emotionally related can drive a person to a more wakeful, interactive state.") JOSH COULDN'T AGREE MORE... (SOT - JOSH "It's been the greatest thrill ever since I got hit by the car.") RECAP
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